Pastry mold



Oct. 7, 1930. E. HAMwl 4PASTRY MOLD Filed sept. 23, 192s mw 7 mw mw/ wmm. MJ /m Patented oct. 7, `193e Y Emmer oF s'rl` LoUIsaMIssoURr frasTRY MOLD `.ippiiatimi meaiseptmter zaieza Y'semi ms. asigna: 1

`Thisinvention relates to pastryum'olds of i the type designedand adapted for use in molding and baking edible pastry articles,`

'snchorinstance asedible pastry cups; andH theorniotthe molds maybe variedE Widely@ Withont departure from the invention, so that the device may be used to` produce diierent` edible pastryforms and other articles."

` An object of the invention istoprovide'anl i improved mold Jfor lise` in molding and bak-` ing edible pastry cups and containers-and other articles, and coinprisingrnold elevby the articles maybe conveniently released mentsassembl'ed in separable sections which' maybe Vconvenientlysepara-ted to release andy discharge the molded cups, containersV or other articles therefrom. .l l

Another object ofthe invention is to providean improved mold foriusein molding and baking edible I articlesjof pastry or the.`

like, and comprising moldl elements arranged andcombined in a novel relationship WhereL and discharged from the m'old.

. Various other objectsy and advantages of the invention Will appear from the tollovving` description,` reference beingmade to the accompanying vdrawing `in Which#- one former1 the present inven Fig@ is a planvieiv of'thereceptacle mem-` i ber of the mold; showing cooperative parts thereoffseparated: as-isdone to releaseand discharge Jtherefrom the mold articles.

i Fig. 3 isa front endl elevation of themold` Fig. 4 is `aiverticalV crosslsectional view of the mold on a line. such asi-l` of Fig.: 1.` Y

Thernold, which is shown in the accentn vertical. Widths of the'part101 and taper do'vvipanyingdrawing inorderto illustrate one embodiment of theinvention, is designed` and adapted orymolding edible cups or `pastry containers. `It Will be made apparent from the following portion of this specifica- `tion, referencel being made'to the drawing,

that the mold may be variedso as` to mold articles ofdit'ferent shapes and that the'in'- vention is not llimited toa mold `for moldingi` p l p d cesses 13 a* notch or groove 2221s1-for-1nedl op@- a f 100iV andbaling cups or containers. 1 Y

In the embodnnent'ofthe inventionshown;`

thebar` lhaseits" front end `with"` ani` "A extension 2 towvhich a rod or lever 3 isfdel- UNIITED '-STTES P ATNT FFC i tachablyseciired byW ai. fastenerll. The`A rodi i orlever Shasmountedithereona roller 5designed`r and: adaptedto be'V mounted on a support'.v ont and along which thei device is` morta@ i ble; Thebase barlhasi onsits: upper side4 a;

series of truncated conical elevations- `6L y These `elevationsgz' as hereinafter made `more* `clearly apparent, form `naised bottoms in the cups or i containers pr' duced by this; s'pecicff typeloffnachinea TheV rear' end` of: thevbar' 1 has upwardly curvedlV spaced: arms@` 7 embraciifig` between them an adjacent portion offa bar. 8'." The'r 91Which permitsfthe bar 1%` to be oscillatedfver-i theremainingfportionsfof the Vmold'. f

The bar 8 is.' formel or connected'rwithesa part' comprising an approximately verticali` Wall?` 10 having` alongtheaouter sidefoffits nlp portion l 10i has:` on its inner-5` sideA` aA series of'l semi-circular notchesl: separated byinxvard i extensions 14.0thepart10: The endfoithe" member 10ir opposite:` from"` the part 8- is` pro'- vided` Withan extension;l'towhich a rodor lever 16; is' attached: by' ai` removable fastener' Apart 10 (Figs. 1 andil); j. Thelonter c ndoflthe-` rod orl lever16 hasthereon a pivot 2() .fors'np-i porting a rin'g'or`loopi21, j y Y i The notches or recesse'sly extend thel full.I @Gg-ta Wardly; Y These notches orfre'c'esses 13 are` tically toi aiidlfromposfition to co'op'erat'eiwith"A ser` semispheribal in end-elevation or crossf'secI tonand thelivallso. saidl recesses: or :notcl'iesi` Vare' spacedjfroni the elevations (if (Fig. 4;),j when vthe' bar 1 ist' seated againts the -loWeri' t ie i upper end of each i of the." notches l or re=` A bar 23 has on its rear end a pair of curved arms 24 which receive between them the bar 8. The arms 24 are pivoted to said bar 8 by a vertical pivot 25, the axis of which is at right angles to the axis of the pivot 9. For, whereas the bar 1 swings downwardl-y about the axis of the horizont-al pivot 9, the bar 23 swings horizontally or laterally away from the bar 8. The bar 23 has in connection or integral therewith a vertical member 26 of the same vertical width as the member 10 and of similar shape and arrangement. That is to say, along the outside upper edge of the member 26 there is a flange 27Asimilar to the flange 11 and along the lower edgeof said member 26 there is an outer flange 28 similar to the flange 12. And on the inner side of the member 26,.there is a series of downwardly tapered notches 29 which are similar to the notches 13 and supported by inward extensions 30 similar to the inward extensions 14 and designed and arranged so that the inner ends of the extensions 14 and 30 abut together when the mold is closed and in position for use. These notches or recesses 29 are approximately semi-circular in plan or in cross section, so that when the extensions 14 and 30 are bron'rht together in abutting contact a series of cups are formed by the recesses 13 and 29. The walls of the notches or recesses 29V are spaced from the elevations Gwhen the bar 1 is in closed position. That is to say, when the bar 1 is seated against the lower edges of the members 10 and 26 and when Vthe cup mold members are closed with their extensions 14 and 30 in abutting contact, a series of cups are formed having raised portions 6 in their bottoms forming annular grooves 31 in the bottoms of the cups, said grooves being between the elevations 6 4and the walls of the cups, as willbe clearly understood by reference toFig. 4Y of the drawing. The upper end of the member 26 has therein awnotch 32 similar in all respects to the notch 22. The end of the member 26 that is opposite from the bar 23 is formed with an extension 33 to which a rod or lever34 is attached by'a detachable fastener 35. An arm .36 has oneend pivoted on the. rod or lever 16 and the opposite end is formed with a hook 37 designed and arranged toengaffe the rod or lever 34, so as to hold the members 10 and 26 in abutting contact, which vis the position they occupy when in use. Y

The cooperating member of the mold for shaping the contents of the various cups into hollow cup-like form, so as to produce edible pastry cups or edible pastry articles, comprises a bar 38 having one end pivoted to the end of the bar 8 by a horizontal pivot 39. Thus,^the bar 38 is capable of vertical swinging` movements to and from position to seat upon the upper edges of the members 10 and 26 when said members are inV closed formation. The end of the bar 38 opposite from .the diameter of the cups formed by said re cesses 13 and 29; so that when the bar 38 is seated upon the members 10 and 26, the mold members 43 extend down into the respective cups of the cooperating mold members. The said mold members 43 are spaced from the walls of the respective cups into which said mold membersextend and the lower ends of said mold members 43 are .spaced from the upper ends of the elevations 6. The lower end of each of the mold members 43 has extending downwardly therefrom an annu lar flange 44 which. extend downwardly into the annular grooves 31, but are spaced from the walls of said grooves (Fig. 4).

In operation of this device, the members 10 and 26 are placed in closed relationship in which the ends of the extensions 14 and 30 are in abutting Contact. The hook 37 is engaged over the rod 34 to hold said part-s 10 and 26 in that relationship in which the extensions 14 and 30 are in abutting contact, so as to form downwardly tapered receptacles. The lower ends of these downwardly tapered receptacles are closed by adjusting the bar 1 against the lower edges of the members 10'and 26, so to extend the elevations 6 into the lower ends of the mold receptacles. The bar 1 may be held in this relationship by engaging the loop 18 with the rod or lever 3. The semi-fluid substance. from which the articles are to be formed, is then poured into the receptacles formed aforesaid, a sufficient amount of such substance being poured into each of the cup-like mold receptacles. Then the bar 38 is closed downwardly upon the upper edges of the members 10 and 26, the mold members 43 being forced into the cup-like mold members, thereby shaping the material into cuplilre form around the sides and lower ends of the mold members 43. Then the material is baked, so as to form friable, edible pastry or other articles which, in the embodiment of the invention herein shown and described. are cups. After the articles have been baked suiiiciently, the mold is moved to a position convenient for removal of the articles from the mold. Then the holding devices are released, the bar 1 is lowered, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, the bar 38 is raised. so as to remove the mold members 43 from within the cup-like pastry articles, and the members 10 and 26 are moved laterally away Cil from eachother, as shown in Fig. 2, so as to release the cup-likearticles therefrom.

From the foregoing7 it is. apparent that my invention is capable of wide variation as to form of articles to be produced; and that the inventionobtains ,all ot its intended obf jects in a highly, efficient and satisfactory manner. e Y

I do not restrict myself in any unessential respects, but what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1L A1 mold for molding hollow articles `comprising two side `mold members each havring rccessesin Vits side that is adjacent to the other member and which recesses in said Vrespective members areopposite each other,

means pivotally connecting said members for movement to closed and tol open positions,

a member movable to and ifrom4 position to `close the bottoms of said molds, means in connection with said bottom closing member for forming annular grooves in the bottoms of said molds, means cooperating with said molds to form hollovT articles, and means for forming annular grooves in thebottoms of l the articles Aformed in said molds;

2. A mold forniolding edible pastry cups comprising wall sections forming a hollow mold member open at the top and the bottom, means vfor supporting said mold section i in position to term said hollow mold and per-V mitting` said sections to be moved apartpa i wall for closing the lower end .of said mold, s

means forsupporting said lower end wall in `position to close the lower endof said mold and permitting movement of'said lower end wall to open the lower end of said mold, an extension in connection with said lower end wall arranged to extendupwardly into the Umold and spaced from the wall of `said mold and forming therewith an annular groove, Ia

i cooperating mold member movable into and cutoff said mold and cooperating therewithto form hollow cups or containers, andmeans in connection with lsaid cooperating mold :member for forming an annular groove in the bottom of each cup or container.

3. A mold comprising two sidewallmem-- bers having oppositegrooves in their adjacent faces, means for holding said wall 1nembers in sidewisevabutting Contact to Jform hollow moldsbysaid grooves and permitting said wall members to be Amoved apart to dis- `charge the content-s of said molds, a wall 1 member for closing the lower ends of said` molds, means for supporting said bottom wall member in` position to close thelower ends oit-said molds andpermitting said bot tom wall A`member to bemoved to position to? open the lower endsV of saidpmolds to permit the contents of said 'molds to be discharged downwardly, projections in` connection Vwith said bottom member for extending into said molds when said bottom wall member is in position to closethe lower yends of said molds,

cooperating; mold "membersfforf shaping the. i"

contents of said molds into hollow.; articles,`

and means in connection swith saidcooperate` ing mold mem-bers for forming indentationsr on thejinsides of the hollow articles.

i. a meid rer melding a plurality other;

low articles at the Sametime comprising. two side members each having f a'` plurality ofV re` cessesiin` its side that is adjacent to the other." member and which recesses in-saidre'spective members are o-pp`os1teeach other, means plv-i` otally connecting said members JforV movement in abutting contact' at opposite sides of said` recessesrespectively and to open positions" in which saidl members areiout. ofvabutting/i contactha membermovableto and `from position'to close the bottoms of'allj of :said moldsy and means in connection with'said 'bottom'` closing member for forming annular-grooves in the bottoms of said molds.` s 5. A mold for simultaneously moldingral plurality of "hollow articlesl comprising "two side mold members each having apluralityb of `recesses in its side that is adjacent? tothe other member and which recesses'in said re-` spective members iare opposite each other, `meanspivotally connecting saidmembersior movement-to closed positions in `which :said

members are in abutting contactfatopposite sides of said reces esrespectively and to open to closedpositions inwhich said membersarm positions in which said members are out of"` abuttingfcontact, a member movable-L tof and` e from position tofcl'ose the bottoms ofsaid"l molds, means in connectionwith said bottom* closing member for forming annular grooves in thebottoms ofsaidmo'ldsyand means co`- operating` with saidjmolds to ,form hollow ar- 62 A; mold for molding aplurality oi'edible `pastry'cups simultaneously comprising `two side mold .membersea'cli having a-plurality of recesses in its side that'isadjacent tothe* other member 'and which recesses in said respective members aref opposite` each i. other, f means pivotallyA connecting said `membersffor 7. A mold for molding a plurality of edible e pastry cups simultaneously comprising two pivotally connected members having opposite recesses in their adjacent sides cooperating to form hollow molds when said members are in sidewise abutting contactbetween said recesses, a bottom wall for closing the bottoms of said molds, means pivotally supporting said bottom wall for movementto and from position to close the bottoms of said mo1ds,

NJ A A A Cil means in connection with said bottom wall for forming annular grooves in the bottoms of said molds, and cooperating mold members movable into and out of said molds and cooperating therewith to shape the contents of said molds into hollow cups.

8. A mold for mo-lding a plurality of cups simultaneously comprising two side members having opposite recesses in their adjacent faces, means for holding said members in sidewise abutting Contact between said recesses to form hollow molds and permitting said members to be moved apart to discharge the contents of said molds, a bottom wall member for closing the lower ends of said molds, means for supporting said bottom wall mem ber in position to close the lower ends of said molds and permitting said bottom wall member to be moved to position to open the lower ends of said molds to permit the contents of said molds to be discharged downwardly, and projections in connection with said bottom wall member extending` into said molds when said bottom member is in position to close the lower ends of said molds.

9. A mold for molding a plurality of cups simultaneously comprising two side members having opposite recesses in their adjacent faces, means for holding said. members in sidewise abutting Contact between said recesses to form hollow molds and permitting said members to be moved apart to discharge the contents of said molds, a bottom wall member for closing the lower ends of said molds, means for supporting said bottom wall member in position to close the lower ends of said molds and permitting said bottom wall member to be moved to position to open the lower ends of said molds to permit the contents of said molds to be discharged downwardly, projections in connection with said bottom wall member extending into said molds when said bottom member is in position to close the lower en ds of said molds, and cooperating mold members for shaping the contents of said molds into cup form.

ERNEST HABTWI. 

